PHYLLIS AND HER PASTRY
Fair Phyllis made a pretty cake To please her papa's palate ; Her parent put it on a stake And used it for a mallet. — -Philadelphia Neios. And then she made a big mince pie In manner new and novel ; Her father seized it with a sigh And used it for a shovel. — Next) Yorlc Journal. At length the gentle pastry cook Composed some taffy candy ; A club of which her father took And used it playing bandy. — Washington Hatchet Some cookies next she deftly made, All sugared 'round the edges ; Her pop (in the wood-splitting trade) Found they made stunning wedges. — Fall Rioer Advance. But when she called her pa to eat Some just constructed biscuit, The old man said his life was sweet — He didn't dare to risk it. — Somerville Journal. Thereafter Phyllis fried some dough — Nuts, round and tougher 'n leather ; Her papa took 'em for some links To splice log chains together. — The Judge, Then Phyllis made a currant cake To grace her pa's abode with ; Pa sold it the Contractors to Macadamize the road with. — Observer and Free Lance.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 18
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187PHYLLIS AND HER PASTRY Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 18
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